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“…Finally, JEONG Eun Kyung’s “A Comparative Study of Idiomatic Expressions Related to Staple Foods in Korea and Türkiye: Rice and Bread” bridges linguistic and cultural divides, comparing idiomatic expressions tied to staple foods in Korean and Turkish traditions. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of Monolepta hieroglyphica, two-spotted leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Hao He, Yongxin Zhao, Dengyu Zheng, Huiyun Kuang, Fei Shen, Kang He, Haiyan Zhang, Changjiang Zhao, Lu Jiang, Da Xiao, Su Wang, Zhenying Wang, Shuai Zhan, Jianhua Wei, Xiaozeng Yang, Zhongyi Wu, Chun Zhang

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Effects of Mulch Type, Plant Cultivar, and Insecticide Use on Sweet Potato Whitefly Population in Chili Pepper by Andi Nasruddin, Nurariaty Agus, Alam Saubil, Jumardi Jumardi, Burhanuddin Rasyid, Andry Siriniang, Andi Dirham Nasruddin, Firdaus Firdaus, Ahwiyah Ekawaty Said

“…The results showed that the reflective silver mulch had significantly lower numbers of whitefly eggs, nymphs, and adults, in comparison to the rice straw mulch and bare ground treatments. Chili plants cv. …”
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Accounting for differences between crops and regions reduces estimates of nitrate leaching from nitrogen-fertilized soils by Yan Wang, Yihong Liu, Longlong Xia, Hiroko Akiyama, Xinli Chen, Ji Chen, Yunying Fang, Tony Vancov, Yongfu Li, YuanZhi Yao, Dianming Wu, Bing Yu, Scott X. Chang, Yanjiang Cai

“…Over 47% of this leaching is concentrated in China, India, and the United States, with maize, wheat, rice and vegetables accounting for nearly half of it. …”
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Assessing groundwater level variability in response to climate change: A case study of large plain areas by Haidi Wu, Xueyan Ye, Xinqiang Du, Wuxiang Wang, Hongyan Li, Weihong Dong

“…The abrupt change in groundwater levels observed in 1991 is largely attributed to extensive groundwater extraction for large-scale rice cultivation in Jilin Province, underscoring significant human interference with groundwater resources. …”
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Exploratory analysis of potential toxic elements in Moroccan couscous and health risk evaluation utilizing ICP-OES by Othmane Hammani, Najlae El-Otmani, Omar Ben Lenda, Hamza El Azhari, Abderrazak Rfaki, Naima Lahlouhi, Youssef Mourad, Abdelaziz Abdallaoui

“…These include durum wheat, barley, whole corn, and rice, which provide essential nutrients in the form of protein and calories. …”
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Dufulin Impacts Plant Defense Against Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Infecting Tomato by Liping Huang, Yingying Tang, Shuaixin Wang, Jianbin Chen, Jiao Du, Shuo Yan, Deyong Zhang, Xiaobin Shi, Yong Liu, Fan Li

“…Dufulin, a novel compound that has been effective in controlling viral diseases in tobacco and rice, has not yet been tested against TYLCV. This study assessed the efficacy of dufulin in controlling TYLCV over a three-year span from 2021 to 2023 through field trials, by monitoring disease symptoms and viral titers. …”
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New insights into the salt-responsive regulation in eelgrass at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels by Huan Zhao, Huan Zhao, Xu Dong, Xu Dong, Dazuo Yang, Dazuo Yang, Qingchao Ge, Qingchao Ge, Peng Lu, Peng Lu, Chang Liu, Chang Liu

“…By examining the transcriptional responses of homologous genes in eelgrass, rice, and maize, we identified several groups of genes that are conserved in their response to salt stress. …”
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Daidzein improves muscle atrophy caused by lovastatin by regulating the AMPK/FOXO3a axis by Keke Wang, Hao Zeng, Hua Yang

“…Abstract Background Lovastatin, the main lipid-lowering component in red yeast rice, is a golden anti-lipid drug, but its long-term application is continuously challenged by potential skeletal muscle atrophy. …”
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Mobilization of plant genetic resources from the territory of India by N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…Balabanov took part in a specialized collecting mission launched to study and collect wild forms of rice and to assimilate methods of breeding high-yielding, immune and highquality cultivars. …”
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MOBILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FROM THE TERRITORIES OF INDONESIA, SRI LANKA (CEYLON) AND NEPAL by N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…Lyakhovkin took part in a specialized collecting mission launched to study and collect wild forms and cultivars of rice and various other crops from Nepal. The team visited 16 experiment stations and farms and collected 1170 accessions. …”
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Herbicide resistance in Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees populations from different regions of Jiangsu Province, China: sensitivity differences and underlying mechanisms by Peng Xu, Ke Wang, Yawen Ju, Yousheng Fu, Axiu Zhu, Kaige Cao, Hongchun Wang

“…Nees, a noxious weed species commonly found in rice fields, has become a significant challenge in Jiangsu Province, China, as it has developed resistance to multiple herbicides due to extensive and continuous herbicide use in recent years. …”
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Morphological, Physiological, and Molecular Responses to Heat Stress in Brassicaceae by Iram Batool, Ahsan Ayyaz, Tongjun Qin, Xiaofen Wu, Weiqi Chen, Fakhir Hannan, Zafar Ullah Zafar, Muhammad Shahbaz Naeem, Muhammad Ahsan Farooq, Weijun Zhou

“…This review summarizes recent research on the genetic and physiological impact of heat stress in the Brassicaceae family, as well as in model plants <i>Arabidopsis</i> and rice. Several studies show that extreme temperature fluctuations during crucial growth stages negatively affect plants, leading to impaired growth and reduced seed production. …”
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Selective and persistent toxicity of seven insecticides to five egg parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda by Hao-Ran Li, Cheng-Yang Li, Peng Dai, Lian-Sheng Zang, Nicolas Desneux, Wei Xu

“…Abstract Background Spodoptera frugiperda, a major migratory and invasive pest, inflicts significant yield loss on rice and maize in China. As part of an integrated pest management system, biological control agents can be used against S. frugiperda, especially egg parasitoids. …”
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New acorane-sesequiterpenes and anti-retinoblastoma constituents from the marine algicolous fungus Trichoderma harzianum NTU2180 guided by molecular networking strategy by Andrea Gu, Fan-Li Lin, Chung-Kuang Lu, Tz-Wei Yeh, Yih-Fung Chen, Ho-Cheng Wu, Tzong-Huei Lee

“…Results The feature-based molecular networking (FBMN) analysis showed that T. harzianum NTU2180 fermented on germinated brown rice (GBR) produced more terpenoids. Here, two new acorane-sesequiterpenes, trichospirols A (1) and B (2), and 12 known compounds (3 − 14) were isolated from the EtOAc layer of T. harzianum NTU2180 fermentation on GBR. …”
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Advancement of eco-friendly slag-based high-strength geopolymer concrete by Saeeb M. AL-Tam, Amr Riad, Nader Mohammed, Ali Al-Otaibi, Osama Youssf

“…The focus is on replacing slag with alternative materials such as fly ash (FA), metakaolin (MK), ceramic waste (CW), glass waste (GW), rice husk ash (RHA), and charcoal ash (CA). These alternatives are not only cheaper but also have a lower environmental impact, offering additional benefits such as reduced CO2 emissions, representing a significant step towards sustainability. …”
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Stability, performance and participatory evaluation of potato varieties under rain-fed and irrigation conditions at Southeast, Ethiopia by Gizaw Wegayehu Tilahun, Nimona Fufa, Dasta Tsagaye, Demis Fikre, Awoke Ali, Fekadu Gebretensay, Kedir Jaleto

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Have crops already reached peak suitability: assessing global climatic suitability decreases for crop cultivation by Vhiny-Guilley Mombo, Mathilde Duvallet, Michiel Schaeffer, Florent Baarsch

“…We applied the method to evaluate the effects of climate change under two climatic scenarios (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5), using an ensemble of five general circulation models, for nine crops (Arabica coffee, cassava, common beans, common wheat, maize, plantain, rice, sorghum and sugarcane) for four periods of time: past (1995–2014), present day (2015–2034), medium term (2040–2059), long term (2080–2099). …”
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On the Biosynthesis of Bioactive Tryptamines in Black Cohosh (<i>Actaea racemosa</i> L.) by Martin J. Spiering, James F. Parsons, Edward Eisenstein

“…Co-expression in yeast of the high-activity black cohosh TDCs with the next enzyme in serotonin biosynthesis, tryptamine 5-hydroxylase (T5H), from rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i>) resulted in the production of serotonin, whereas co-expression with low-activity TDCs did not, suggesting that TDC activity is a rate-limiting step in serotonin biosynthesis. …”
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The active roles of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa ZTHY2 in regulating antioxidant capacity and immune function of Leizhou black ducks by Jiang Wu, Yingxin Hu, Namula Zhao, Wei Yang, Zhibao Chen, Zhibao Chen

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